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Figure
21
THE FIVE STITCH RUFFLER
letters
in
Figure No.
21
designate
the ports of
Ruffler.
Figures
indicate the placement of
materials.
A-Foot
which
is attached to
Presser Bar.
8-
Fork Arm. The
section
placed astride
the
needle
clamp screw.
C
-Adjusting
Screw.
Used
to regulate
the fullness
of
pleats
and
gathers.
D-Five Stitch lever. Used
for setting a five stitch
pleat.
E-lever.
Adjusts
for pleats or
gathers in g roups b
y
throwing
Ruffler
into
neutral.
F-Seam Guide.
G-Siiding Guide. Used
to vary size of
headings.
H-Piping
Guide.
l-Edge
Guide.
Used to determine a close
edge
stitch
on
material when
ruffle is entered
from the
right.
J-Screw.
Used
to
set
edge
guide.
K-Adjustable
heading
guide.
M-
lip
which separates
seam
guides.
N-Biue
spring over
adjusting
screw.
line
1-ls under the ruffler and indicates
the
position
for
the
garment
or
band
to which
ruffle
is sewed
giving
a
\4"
seam.
2-Between the blue
blades where
the
feed blade will gather or
pleat
material with a
\4
"
seam.
3-The
upper
piece of material used when ruffle is sewed between
two
pieces
of
material.
4-Guide
for piping strip.
5-For edgestitching material to ruffle that
is
entered from
right.
Twenty-four
RUFFLING
Remove the presser-foot from machine by loosening the
thumb
screw
on presser bar. Place ruffler foot A in position
on the presser bar
and at
the
same
time
set
the fork arm B
astride of the needle clamp and tighten thumb screw to the
right, fastening firmly. See thaf needle goes down
in
center
of needle hole. The goods to be ruffled must be placed
between
the two blue blades and then in gauge G. Gauge
G
should
be adjusted to the right or left to get the desired
distance from the edge; the goods
will
guide
itself.
TO
MAKE A FINE GATHER
To make a fine gather, set stitch
direction
lever
on sew-
ing
machine
between 1 and 2 and turn
adjusting
thumb-
screw
Cup until the end of
screw is
1/
16 of an inch below the
blue
spring
N. To make a heavy
ruffle,
lengthen the
stitch
to
between 2
and 3
(see
stitch regulator),
and
turn adjusting
thumb-screw C downward until the desired fullness
is
ob-
tained. Adjusting lever D
should
be down.
TO RUFFLE WITH A HEADING
To ruffle with a
heading, place
goods to
be
ruffled
be-
tween
the springs
with
heading to the right and adjust
gauge
K
for desired
heading.
TO
RUFFLE ON BAND
To ruffle on band, place band under both springs
next to
feed and over
lip
M. Place goods
to
be
ruffled
between
the
springs
and
in
gauge
F.
If a facing
is required,
place facing
above
both springs and under
foot.
T
wenty-jive
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